Studio Canal / Kinowelt / Optimum

[hearthesilence]

Updated The Fallon Idol

For a second, I thought this was a Tonight Show parody.

[Caligula]

Happy to report that I received my replacement Fallen Idol today in the mail (I reside in South Africa). Rather than just a replacement disc they sent me the complete new set.

[kekid]

Happy to report that I received my replacement Fallen Idol today in the mail (I reside in South Africa). Rather than just a replacement disc they sent me the complete new set.

Is there a way to tell if the copy we have is the corrected one?

[RossyG]

Apart from watching it?

[kekid]

Apart from watching it?

If I receive a defective copy, I would like to know that (if possible) before removing the shrink-wrap. Hence the question.

[Finch]

There's an EAN for each release. 5055201831712 ties in with the release with the incorrect framing issue. 5055201833655 is for the corrected version.

[kekid]

There's an EAN for each release. 5055201831712 ties in with the release with the incorrect framing issue. 5055201833655 is for the corrected version.

Thank you.

[pzadvance]

Does anybody have any experience with the French/German editions of Studio Canal Collection discs? Are their extras (and essays) still in English/subbed in English? I'm in Vienna for the next couple months and debating whether or not I should pick up some of the German editions.

For anyone who happens to be wondering the same about the foreign language Studio Canal editions, thought I'd just note that I picked up the German edition of "The Trial," and as Jonathan S noted, the disc seems to be exactly the same as the UK or French versions (with English subtitles available on all features), but the physical essay included with the Blu-ray is in fact translated into German. So buyer beware--I guess--if reading the essay is important to you. (And in the case of "The Trial," Rosenbaum published his essay online here, so no big loss!)

[L.A.]

Anyone know what is the current release plan of The Lion in Winter (1968)?

[Calvin]

A new 4K restoration of Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth will be released on a collector's edition Blu-Ray on October 10th, after a theatrical reissue.

[Berzeli]

Anyone know what is the current release plan of The Lion in Winter (1968)?

As per the press release:

WORLD PREMIERE TO TAKE PLACE AT CINEMA REDISCOVERED
AT THE WATERSHED IN BRISTOL, JULY 28TH-31ST
ON DVD, BLU-RAY & EST ON OCTOBER 3RD

It also includes a list of extras:

New interview with John Castle
New interview with John Bloom
Anthony Harvey audio commentary
O’Toole on Hepburn: 5 min excerpt from TCM interview in 2012
Trailer: TBC
Restoration comparison: TBC
More: TBC

[L.A.]

Excellent that it's still coming. Thanks for that, Berzeli.

[Luke M]

The Man Who Fell To Earth arrives newly restored in 4k on October 24 in Standard and Collector's Editions.

Artwork:
Standard
Collector's Edition

Extras:
New interview with costume designer May Routh featuring original costume sketches
New interview with stills photographer David James featuring behind the scenes stills
New interview with fan Sam Taylor-Johnson
New interview with producer Michael Deeley
New “The Lost Soundtracks” featurette
Interview with Candy Clark
Interview with writer Paul Mayersberg
Interview with cinematographer Tony Richmond
Interview with Nic Roeg
Trailers / TV spots
Watching the Alien featurette

Collectors Edition:
Exclusive bonus John Philips CD
Booklet
4x Art cards
Original press book
A4 poster of new theatrical quad

[Drucker]

To add more fuel to the Ran color timing debate, my friend who goes to school in Rochester posted that they were screening a 35mm print of the film. I asked him how the color looked in comparison to the blu-ray:

The 4k screen caps definitely look way closer to the 35mm than the previous DVDs/BDs. The colors in the film print are more muted than they look in the caps and the detail is softer too, but it looks pretty dead-on in terms of overall tone!

[rockysds]

Blu-rays of Basil Dearden's Pool of London and The Blue Lamp, Ken Hughes' The Small World of Sammy Lee and Carol Reed's The Man Between this fall.

[Dr Amicus]

Blu-rays of Basil Dearden's Pool of London and The Blue Lamp, Ken Hughes' The Small World of Sammy Lee and Carol Reed's The Man Between this fall.

Very happy about the Deardens - not surprised about The Blue Lamp, it was a big hit in its day and has remained a 'known' film thanks to the (very) long-running TV series Dixon of Dock Green. However, Pool Of London is a surprise but a very welcome one - this is one of my favourite post-war Ealings (especially non-comedy) but is much less well known than Blue Lamp. IIRC, it barely gets mentioned in Charles Barr's definitive book on Ealing, unlike Blue Lamp which gets a lengthy write-up.

[rapta]

More Reed is always great news. Still have some others from this year to get first though - namely the Roeg reissue, Schlesinger, Loach and Cox!

[FrauBlucher]

Sid and Nancy: 30 Anniversay Edition.

[theflirtydozen]

Apparently this Almodovar Boxset was released today. Was there any news of this happening? I hadn't heard anything before getting an email from Amazon just now.

[Werewolf by Night]

It was on the DVD Beaver release calendar and noted in the Almodovar thread on this forum back in June.

[R0lf]

There is also a big French Almodovar release which has everything except Labyrinth of Passion and with Pepi Luci Bom DVD only (no English subs).

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Does anyone have the 40th anniversary blu of The Man Who Fell To Earth? I haven't found any reviews that really offer any detail on the restoration.

[tenia]

Does anyone have the 40th anniversary blu of The Man Who Fell To Earth? I haven't found any reviews that really offer any detail on the restoration.

We've discussed a bit about it on blu-ray.com's dedicated thread : http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php ... 48&page=10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bottom line is : if you already have a previous release, technically wise, it might sadly not be worth the upgrade.

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

That's a pity but thanks. I was interested primarily because I never got the Criterion blu. That whole discussion was quite helpful tho.

[perkizitore]

I wish I knew about this before my Canadian BD shipped!